craigy wrote:
@Aargh. Yeah, I guess people predisposed to the issues I mentioned above may have a tendency to play video games more than others. If you do suffer from any of the problems mentioned then unfortunately playing too many video games will exacerbate them.

If you feel like any form of technology or media is having a negative effect on your psyche, get out into nature for a while. I'd suggest skinny dipping in a public fountain.

Of course it doesn't cause more violent behaviour. Guys, look the fuck around you. Is this a world where violence, aggressive behaviour and so on are virtuous or a bad thing? huh?

So the whole entertainment industry is growing and growing and more of societal energies are pumped into pushing out more movies, more games, with more boom, boom, faster cuts and easier access and this is because... we want to see more violence... or because it keeps people relaxed and their violent impulses contained?

No, of course I'm just trolling. I'll get my latte macchiato and relax.

I'm guessing that's a silly comment, but i'd quite genuinely say that it does. Take games like the Silent Hunter or DCS series. Neither of these would be possible without real life violence having taken place.

I'm guessing that's a silly comment, but i'd quite genuinely say that it does. Take games like the Silent Hunter or DCS series. Neither of these would be possible without real life violence having taken place.

Even the first three Call of Duty games were based on real violence.

Actually I think there would be no life without violence. Without eating and struggle and if it is only wasting space and denying some other creature room to live, it's all based on violence.
I'm not sure though if life causes video games, I'll have to think about that.

This study is being conducted to find out if there is a link between people that have an addiction to violent video games and an increased level of addiction with alcohol consumption and banned substance use. It has been shown that violent video games can cause an increased amount of aggression in people, so it’s possible those people with addiction to games also can develop addiction to drugs, or alcohol.

This study is being conducted to find out if there is a link between people that have an addiction to violent video games and an increased level of addiction with alcohol consumption and banned substance use. It has been shown that violent video games can cause an increased amount of aggression in people, so it’s possible those people with addiction to games also can develop addiction to drugs, or alcohol.

That survey pretty much asks: "Are you a wife beating, child abusing, rapist, redneck that likes drugs and video games?"

I made enquiries. Apparently it is the first in a series of investigations that propose there is no link. I guess that is why they've gone all out with the sociopathy. I probably made a mistake putting it on EG, the results might get skewed for lulz.

I'm not sure how much of this is anecdotal stuff that gets reported in the media, and how much is actual proper evidence, but there is a lot of argument that the increased access to porn has adversely affected people's attitude to sex. Specifically in terms of male expectation of what is acceptable behaviour, and in particular with men who are of the generation that have effectively grown up with internet porn.